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Old 03-10-2007, 06:41 PM
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I raced one a few years ago back in philly. it was mint green. prob a 2002 or so.
anyways he had a full house in his car and i only had 3 in mine with the t tops off. we went on a green light. we went for about 3 blocks and i only beat him by little more than a car length. I had a 2000 WS6 m6 with cat back and air lid at the time.
the M3 was A LOT faster then i thought i was.
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Low 13s... for a E46 M3
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Ran one from a punch (3rd gear) and put 3 or 4 cars on it into 4rth. They are quick for a NA 6 cyl.
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I ran one with a 150 shot and still won NA. The guy seemed pissed and reved at me when he made a left turn at the light.
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very good highway, high speed car. I always race these guys from the dig.

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Ran a newer one in my dsm I destroyed em but I had a precision 60-1 at the time and we went from a stop.
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a ran a newer M3 from a 60 roll, I got him by about 3-4 lengths and pulling up to 120-130.
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Ran an m3 a while back at the street race spot....didnt work out to well for him.
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Ran a mid 90s manual M3 a while back. Smashed him from like a 50-100mph roll by maybe 2-3 cars. We then approached the twisties that I would never take at over 80mph cause you can hear the tires slipping at that point, I've done it. This fool didn't even slow down, those things have crazy handling. Good kill, but damn lay off on the racing with passengers. That would have been one sick crash if either of you fucked up.
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Yep. No Contest.
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I've raced 4 or 5. Digs and rolls, never lost even when stock. Fast, and very nice car though. I owned a '97 M3, but liked my '96 Vette much better.
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Only 1 I ever raced was on the freeway about 80-120 and I pulled him by about 2, maybe 3 cars. My car is stock + a mild cam.
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I remember a few years back when I just bought my 1994 A4 TA there was a newer one at my college and after reading up on them I was afraid to race it. They supposedly trap around 105-107mph so I knew that he smash my stock LT1. I haven't had the pleasure of meeting up with one since getting and modding my LS1 though
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My friend has an E46.
He ran consistant 13.3 with it.

He pulled me street tire to steet tire in a short race.
(had stock 245's 16in on. (not so good with 400+)
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I had a bone stock 2004 auto c5..My buddy bought a bone stock 2004 M3 a month later..

We raced may times on the street from low rolls with me always having 3-4 lengths on him by 100 mph..

At our local drag strip. My best bone stock time was 13.5 at 103 mph. his best bone stock time was 13.9 at 99 mph.

BUT 90% of the Fbody's in my local LS1 club ran 13.7-13.9 at 100-105 mph...So especially for the auto Fbody's they can be a decent challanger with the nod still going to the auto fbody
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beat one pretty bad from 70-130 with the 2.73 gears i had....pretty much walked away after 80-85
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yup i ran one. Some of you on here know that story (almost crashed bad stopped racing because of it) But i put 3 cars on him from a 20 roll.
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no.

but even the 07' 330i's are pushing 300hp stock now.. so beware.
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The e46 M3's have great interior and handle very well. IMO a little underpowered for the money..The new ones are getting a 400hp V8 though..This will be interesting.
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there's a lot of high end cars from companies like bmw, mercedes, etc. that are getting more and more powerful every year. fantastic reason to keep modding your fbod



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